Prepared for diversity? Teacher education for lower primary classes in Malawi

Education for All and Multigrade Teaching

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 103-126

  Croft, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951606656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4591-3_6     Document Type: Chapter

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